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In loving memory of
William Meek Carothers, Sr. |
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William Meek Carothers, Sr., age 98, of Pine Bluff, died Thursday, January 28, 2010, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Carothers was born September 29, 1911, in Marion, Alabama, a son of the late William Russell and Coralie Williams Robins Carothers. Mr. Carothers was reared and received his education in Marion, graduating from the Marion Military Institute. He later graduated from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. Mr. Carothers moved to Pine Bluff in 1958 from Greenville, Mississippi. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Pine Bluff, the Disabled American Veterans and a past member of the Lions Club in Greenville. Mr. Carothers was a World War II veteran, having served in the U S Army. He retired from Sears Roebuck & Company in 1972, as department manager after thirty-three years of service. He organized the Sears Roebuck & Company Retirement Club in 1973 and was past president. He was a past president of the Highway 15 Water Association. He was also a past treasurer of the Arkansas Rural Water Association. He was preceded in death by a son, William Meek Carothers, Jr.; six brothers and four sisters. Mr. Carothers is survived by four sons, James Russell Carothers of Pine Bluff, Thomas Wayne Carothers of Hallsville, Texas, John David Carothers of Pine Bluff, Robert Michael Carothers of Pine Bluff; two daughters, Coralie Carraway of Miami, Florida and Rosemary Jane Watts of Pine Bluff; fourteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Monday, February 1, 2010, at 10:00 AM in the Chapel of Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors with Reverend Jim Freeman officiating. Burial will be in Cypress Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Robinson's Sunday from 2 to 4 PM. Online register: www.ralphrobinsonandson.com |
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